About Ooma

Ooma provides specialist legal advice to both public and private sector clients with a focus on privacy, data protection and technology. In addition to ‘business as usual’ regulatory and technology procurement matters, Ooma advises on surveillance, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure laws, especially as these regulatory frameworks evolve at pace in response to global threats. Ooma has advised on the data protection and privacy aspects of some of NSW most significant technology procurements and regularly undertakes complex Privacy Impact Assessments for high risk projects involving emerging technologies, such as biometric and facial recognition. Ooma leverages her regulatory background to support clients in meeting their data breach preparation, response and notification obligations.

Experience

• NSW Government

  Advising on all types of commercial agreements, including complex, enterprise wide technology procurements and outsourcing and regularly advise NSW Government clients including Sydney Trains, Transport for NSW, NSW Health, Essential Energy, TAFE NSW on ICT procurement using the NSW Procure IT Framework.

• Local Government

  Advising on Australian and NSW specific privacy, surveillance and freedom of information laws, including advice in relation to WiFi tracking and analytics, GPS tracking, use of CCTV, use of wearable tracking devices for employees, workplace surveillance, privacy policies and Privacy Impact Assessments.

• Local Government

  Advising in relation to data protection, including suspected and actual data breaches involving the inadvertent release to the media of public submissions which included both confidential opinions and personal information.

• Essential Energy

  Advising on the preparation of an agreement for the provision of an in vehicle monitoring system ‘from scratch’ to reflect the client’s requirements over an extended term, including advising and assisting with drafting detailed specifications and a service level agreement for delivery and installation of the solution, ongoing maintenance and support, and data hosting requirements.

• Taronga Zoo

  Advising on the renewal of an exclusive catering services agreement including preparation of an updated template agreement ‘from scratch’ to reflect the client’s requirements over a five year term, including in relation to the development of proposed new sites for catering and accommodation. Advising on exclusive dealing (third line forcing) issues arising in connection with agreements between itself, its sponsors and its exclusively appointed catering services provider, including advising in relation to ACCC notification. Drafting amendments to catering services agreement to reflect exclusive dealing arrangements as notified to the ACCC.